Bath & Body Works · Recalled
CPSC, Bath & Body Works Announce Recall of Votive Candles
These votive candles can burn with a high flame or irregular flame posing a fire hazard to consumers.
- Units
- 733,000
- Reports
- 9
- Injuries
- —
- Deaths
- —
- Price
- $1–$18
- Remedy
- See notice
Reports, injuries, deaths and price are read out of the notice’s wording by rules, so they can miss unusual phrasing. The official notice is the record.
Affected
The votive candles were sold individually and in sets. A label on the bottom of the votive candle reads: Real Essence 1½" x 2½". The specific recalled votive candles are: Rosewood Tea; Lilac Blossom; Vintage Leather; Brushed Suede; Warm Vanilla Sugar; Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin; Spiced Cider; and Amber Myrrh. These votive candles were also sold in a six-pack set: Lilac Blossom, Spiced Cider, and Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin. In addition, Sweet Cinnamon Pumpkin was sold in "the scented home quartet" set. This recall does not apply to any other Real Essence votive candles.
The file
- Sold at
- Bath and Body Works and The White Barn Candle Company stores nationwide sold these votive candles and sets, from March 2003 to February 2004, for $1.25 to $18.00.
- Product type
- Candles & Candle Holders
- Made in
- United States
- Recalled by
- Bath and Body Works, of Columbus, Ohio, The White Barn Candle Company, of Columbus, Ohio
Incident log
The company has received nine complaints of votive candles burning with high flame, two of which involved minor injuries.
What the notice says to do
Consumers should stop using these recalled votive candles immediately and return them to any Bath & Body Works or The White Barn Candle Company store for a merchandise credit, merchandise exchange, or a full cash refund.
For more information, call Bath & Body Works and The White Barn Candle Company at (800) 395-1001 between 8:30 a.m. and 5:30 p.m. (ET) Monday through Friday. Visit the company's website at: www.bathandbodyworks.com
Recall notice published by the U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission. This site is independent: always confirm on the official notice before acting.
Notice first dated MAR 18 2004; last revised JAN 31 2025.
